Yes, Mahindra 5035HST. I guess the HST requires more frequent hydro fluid change than non HST. Dealer said I only need to change filters at first 50 hours, but manual says engine oil and hydro and filters, so that's what I'm doing. Hydro then every 350 hours. Considering I've had this thing 1.5 years only put 50 hours on it, I don't expect to be changing hydro all that often
Yes, Mahindra 5035HST. I guess the HST requires more frequent hydro fluid change than non HST. Dealer said I only need to change filters at first 50 hours, but manual says engine oil and hydro and filters, so that's what I'm doing. Hydro then every 350 hours. Considering I've had this thing 1.5 years only put 50 hours on it, I don't expect to be changing hydro all that often
It will get used a fair bit more next summer though, have some plans that'll require a fair bit of work. Since purchase I've only used it for some field hogging, a little dirt work with the FEL and snow removal. Next year will be tilling up the yard, box blading it and smoothing it with a chain harrow and replanting grass. My mowable "yard" area is huge and it's really rough (when the house was built in 1900 they just started mowing the field around it and never actually smoothed or planted grass).
Right now it takes 8+ hours to mow it all with my beat old Craftsman 42" riding mower...getting a 72" cut zero turn next year and want to make the yard nice and smooth so I can actually use the speed advantage of the ZT without beating it and myself to death.
Thought about a big finish mower or good flail for the Mahindra, but it's too heavy to be driving around on the yard, leaves compacted trenches, hence the ZT.
That and I'm also going to be making a motocross track for my son and his friends out in the field....gonna be a lot of blade and FEL work there.
